A May High School student was arrested Wednesday on 10 charges of possession of child pornography.

Austin Taylor McAbee, 17, remained in the Brown County Jail Friday morning on bonds totaling $250,000.

May High School officials contacted the Brown County Sheriff's Office on Sept. 13 that threats had been made to make public nude photographs of a female juvenile, said Brown County sheriff's office investigator Leighton Wyatt.

McAbee's cell phone was seized and a search warrant obtained to examine its contents. The phone allegedly contained 73 pornographic photographs: 67 of the victim and six of two other juvenile females, Wyatt said.

A search of the phone also revealed text messages indicating that nude photos of the girl would be made public if she did not continue to have sex with McAbee and provide nude photos of other minors in a school locker room, Wyatt said.

There also were 26 pornographic videos on the phone. Wyatt declined to specify the victims in the videos because the investigation is ongoing, he said.

Wyatt cautioned parents to be involved in their children's lives because "these kinds of things can happen," he said.

He added that being a juvenile does not insulate against being subject to laws and prosecution for possessing child pornography.

Steve Howard, May ISD superintendent, said in an email that the school followed the student code of conduct in handling the situation. He declined to elaborate because "we cannot discuss any students without parent permission," he said.

McAbee was named a defensive player for the second team of the Abilene Reporter-News 2017 Class 1A All-Big Country football team in January at the end of last year's high school football season.